The Rock On Kurt Angle: I Always Loved Wrestling Guys Who Were Just Insane Athletes Who Had A Pedigree At Other Things

The Rock comments on getting to work with Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar and Booker T.

Over the years, The Rock has wrestled several top athletes in the world of professional wrestling, coming up in the Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression Era, The Rock came up against the likes of Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, who Rock feels are exactly the kind of opponents he loved to work with.

While speaking to Sports Illustrated alongside Mark Kerr, The Rock commented on working with Kurt Angle, as well as Brock Lesnar and Booker T.

“I felt that when you talk about his gears, like there’s guys who I wrestled with who, and this is why I always- I loved wrestling guys who were just insane athletes who had a pedigree at other things. That was always Kurt Angle, insane athlete, as you know, pedigree in wrestling, gold medal at the Olympics, wins the gold medal with a broken neck. I mean, it’s just wild. You know, Brock Lesnar was the same. Just incredible pedigree athlete. You could go anywhere in the ring with him. You know who else was an amazing athlete? It was Booker T, who I love. Amazing athlete.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, The Rock spoke about working with Stone Cold Steve Austin. You can read more about that here.

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